ArticleJournal of substance abuse treatment2022
Scoping review of interventions to link individuals to substance use services at discharge from jail.
Article in Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Drug use among people in prison: A global review of epidemiology, harms and interventions.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Pooled it
- Peer support services for individuals with health-related needs reentering the community after incarceration: a scoping review of program elements and outcomes.Health & justice · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of the communities that HEAL intervention on the provision of jail-based medication for opioid use disorder & linkage programs at release: Results from a randomized, wait-list controlled trial.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2026Trial
- Recent incarceration and minoritized racial status as barriers to the effectiveness of recovery management checkups.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2025Trial
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- Examining the factors associated with sustaining jail-based programs linking to community-based Medication for Opioid User Disorder (MOUD) treatment.Health & justice · 2026Article
- Examining the Factors Associated with Sustaining Jail-based Programs Linking to Community-based Medication for Opioid User Disorder (MOUD) Treatment.Research square · 2026Article
- Impact of Substance Use Navigators on Initiation of Treatment for Substance Use Disorders and 30-Day Unplanned Readmission.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Observational
- A Scoping Review of Interventions and Available Programs for Justice-Involved Women with Substance Use Disorders.Current psychiatry reports · 2026Article
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- Association of prior criminal charges and convictions with subsequent violent and firearm-related crime: a retrospective cohort study.Injury epidemiology · 2025Article
- The importance of contextually specific support relationships in implementing programs to link people to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment during reentry from county jails.Health & justice · 2025Article
- Just an unfair score: Perceptions of gender inequity in the treatment of substance use disorders among women involved in the criminal legal system.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2025Article
- "Wing leaders" in recovery residences: staff key approaches supporting criminal legal system-involved residents receiving medication for opioid use disorder.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Supporting linkage facilitators working with persons with opioid use disorder: challenges, advances, and future directions.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- The role of recovery peer navigators in retention in outpatient buprenorphine treatment: a retrospective cohort study.Annals of medicine · 2024Article
- Linkage facilitation for opioid use disorder in criminal legal system contexts: a primer for researchers, clinicians, and legal practitioners.Health & justice · 2024Article
- Data linkage studies of primary care utilisation after release from prison: a scoping review.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- Provision of health care services related to substance use disorder in southern U.S. jails.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024Article
- Linkage facilitation services for opioid use disorder: Taxonomy of facilitation practitioners, goals, and activities.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024Review
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Abstract
introductionIndividuals with substance use disorders (SUD) must be linked to community-based SUD treatment and other services upon their release from jail, given their high service needs and risks for relapse, recidivism, and opioid-related overdose following release.
methodThis scoping review identified 14 studies (28 affiliated publications) that used experimental or quasi-experimental designs to evaluate jail re-entry interventions for individuals with SUD. The team coded intervention components, study characteristics, and study outcomes based on a service continuum for treatment linkage and retention and for post-release substance use and criminal justice outcomes.
resultsThis review included 4 randomized controlled trials (RCT) for linkage to treatment with medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD); 4 RCTs and 4 quasi-experimental studies for linkage to non-specific SUD treatment; and 2 RCTs for linkage to HIV + SUD services. Most studies (9/14) used case management and/or peer or patient navigation as the core intervention; 2 studies provided medical management for MOUD induction and/or facilitated referral to MOUD in the community; and 3 studies used motivational-based linkage interventions. A qualitative analysis of study outcomes found evidence to support the effectiveness of a diverse range of interventions to link individuals to community-based SUD treatment, MOUD, and other services at re-entry, but limited support for intervention effects on longer-term outcomes, including treatment retention, medication adherence, recidivism, and substance use.
conclusionFuture controlled trials and implementation studies should help to unpack and examine core components of jail re-entry interventions and their successful implementation to enhance treatment retention and improve post-release outcomes.
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